Industry Nine's Torch Series hubs offer less drag, amazing anodized color quality, and the lightness and quick engagement of a superior hub. The weight is approximately 150 grams lighter than the previous generation. The moment you see these hubs in person, it's easy to tell why i9 is known to make one of the best-looking hubs on the market. Large diameter disk flanges are angled to lower spoke stress, improve wheel stiffness, and braking torque transfer. The Torch utilizes a contact seal packed with marine grease just outside of the bearings to keep grime out of the cartridge bearing. This makes for less maintenance and serves to extend the life of the bearings.
Industry Nine components are manufactured in the USA, start to finish. Everything. Through the layers of CNC machine processes, even if parts are separately machined and scrutinized by quality control. Hubs are individually polished and/or anodized, and laser-etched in-house. The production warehouse shelves are constantly moving with outgoing orders and incoming fresh parts from the machine shop. Industry nine has all of the technology they need to create their in-house project. For example, there's a wire EDM Machine, which cuts hardened steel by using an electrical current. The wire EDM machine maximizes the strength and accuracy used to cut teeth and pawls. Industry Nine really goes the whole nine yards with their components. If you don't believe it, here's a video to help:
Features:
Uses the same drive ring and pawls as the I9 mountain hubs with a reduced pawl count to 3 instead of 6 while still achieving a 6-degree engagement
Relocated bearings and a new freehub seal reduces drag while coasting
Custom Teflon contact seals fully seal the hubs from mud and water and are manufactured in-house
3-pawl, 60-point 6 degree engagement cassette mechanism with oversized axles
6-bolt/44mm-BCD International Standard disc mounting dimensions
Front: endcaps for 15mm thru-axle option sold separately, # XN-6153
Rear: endcaps for 12x142mm thru-axle option sold separately, # XN-6163
Includes 9/10/11 speed HG freehub, Campy freehubs sold separately, # XN-6173
Made in Asheville, NC USA
Specifications:
Axle Spacing: 9 x 100mm QR
Holes: 32
Color: Black
Weight: 120g
This product was added to our catalog on March 5, 2020
